V.OSKANIAN: SYRIAN MUFTI’S VISIT TO ARMENIA TESTIFIES TO FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS
Arka News Agency, Armenia
Sept 7 2006
YEREVAN, September 7. /ARKA/. On Wednesday Armenian Foreign Minister
Vartan Oskanian during his meeting with the Syrian clergy delegation,
headed by Mufti Sheikh Ahmad Badr Al-din Hassuni, said that their
visit to Armenia testified to friendship between the two nations and
existence of dialogue between the religions.
Press and Information Department of the RA Foreign Ministry informed
ARKA Agency that during the meeting emphasizing high level of bilateral
relations, the sides pointed out the fact of absence of political
discrepancy between Armenia and Syria.
Al-din Hassuni spoke well of friendly relations and cooperation
between the two states, pointing out the importance of the role of the
Armenian community in Syria and its contribution to the development
of the country.
The interlocutors also touched upon regional issues; including the
situation is Lebanon, process of peace talks over the settlement of
the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. S.P.-0–